Oh well. I sit corrected - ADSL is used on all Ihug plans at present. :-) (Knew I should have checked before sending the email...)
Brett. > -----Original Message----- > From: Davidson, Brett (Managed Services) > Sent: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 1:04 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: ADSL/ADSL2 > > A) Yes - to my knowledge the new Ihug plans are ADSL2. > > B) Yes you will get a hit but it's not that deterministic how > much. :-) > > There are a lot of advantages to ADSL2 via the reduced framing > requirements. (up to 50kb/s increase for the same line > without any speed > increases for instance). Using a plain ADSL modem would reduce you to > only a proportion of the gains in speed from increasing the line rate. > > Also, one of ADSL2's better features is "adaptive rate" which is a way > of trying to reduce the crosstalk inherent in Telecom wiring > looms. It's > normally this that gets your ADSL modem in a knot every so often. (why > you have to reset the thing). Reducing that problem would be > a big help > as well. > > Different Channels (with different characteristics) can live > within the > common ADSL stream. Enables you to selectively prioritize > traffic at the > ADSL level, as well as with QOS within the IP stack. > > I'm not sure who would use it but ADLS2 supports channel bonding where > you could join more than one pair of telephone copper together to > increase the data rate. > > A reasonably straight-forward white paper on ADSL2 and ADSL2+ can be > found here. http://www.dslprime.com/a/adsl21.pdf > (The IEEE standard papers are definitely sleep-inducement material). > > Sorry, this is not a definite answer as to how much bandwidth > you would > lose but it would appear that you would lose at least 50kb/s and > probably more if the lines in your area are succeptable to a lot of > interference. > > Whether or not that is important to you needs to be weighed > up with the > very-likely support requriements of Ihug. They may only support ADSL2 > equipment with that connection. > > Brett. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 31 October 2006 12:43 p.m. > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: OT: ADSL/ADSL2 > > > > Now that Ihug have released their new plans, I'm looking at > > upgrading. However, there may be some hidden costs ( apart > > from having completely forgotten the password ). > > > > It's my understanding that the new 7600/800kbit plan is ADSL2. > > > > I've got an old Alcatel speedtouch 510 router, which is ADSL. > > Dies anyone know a) whether I'm correct, and more importantly > > b) what performance hit will I get from not upgrading to an > > ADSL2 beastie? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Steve > > >
